I was never a man of great ambition I cried too easily I didn't have a head for science Words often failed me While others prayed I only moved my lips. (Nicole Krauss)

I was never a man of great ambition I cried too easily I didn't have a head for science Words often failed me While others prayed I only moved my lips.

Nicole Krauss

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